Statistics Scenario Quiz

1. 1A political scientist, wishing to determine whether men and women differ with respect to their attitudes toward defence spending, randomly selects equal numbers of male and female participants and asks each person if they think current levels of spending should be increased or decreased.
   Choose the appropriate requirements below (3):
   

   1. AWithin
   2. BBetween
   3. CNominal
   4. DOrdinal
   5. EScale
   6. FParametric
   7. GNon-Parametric
2. 2A political scientist, wishing to determine whether men and women differ with respect to their attitudes toward defence spending, randomly selects equal numbers of male and female participants and asks each person if they think current levels of spending should be increased or decreased.
   Which of the following is the best test to use for this scenario?
   

   1. AMcNemar
   2. BChi-Square
   3. CSpearman Correlation
   4. DMann Whitney
   5. EPaired T-Test
   6. FIndependent T-Test
   7. GWilcoxon
   8. HPearson Correlation
3. 3Another political scientist interested in differences in male / female attitudes to defence spending, randomly selects equal numbers of men and women. After being informed of the current defence budget, each person is asked to estimate to the nearest £million what each feels the level of spending should be.
   Choose the appropriate requirements below (3):

   1. AWithin
   2. BBetween
   3. CNominal
   4. DOrdinal
   5. EScale
   6. FParametric
   7. GNon-Parametric
4. 4Another political scientist interested in differences in male / female attitudes to defence spending, randomly selects equal numbers of men and women. After being informed of the current defence budget, each person is asked to estimate to the nearest £million what each feels the level of spending should be.
   Which of the following is the best test to use for this scenario?
   

   1. AMann-Whitney U
   2. BPearson
   3. CIndependent T-Test
   4. DChi Square
5. 5To determine the effects of party political broadcasts on the voting public, a political researcher assessed the attitudes (via a 1-5 Likert scale) to government policy on the day before the broadcasts took place, and once again on the day following transmission.
   Choose the appropriate requirements below (3):

   1. AWithin
   2. BBetween
   3. CNominal
   4. DOrdinal
   5. EScale
   6. FParametric
   7. GNon-Parametric
6. 6To determine the effects of party political broadcasts on the voting public, a political researcher assessed the attitudes (via a 1-5 Likert scale) to government policy on the day before the broadcasts took place, and once again on the day following transmission.
   Which of the following is the best test to use for this scenario?

   1. ASpearman
   2. BChi Square
   3. CMcNemar
   4. DWilcoxon
7. 7To determine whether speed reading influences reading comprehension, a researcher obtains two reading comprehension scores (number of words read correctly) for each student in a group of high school students, once before and once after training in speed reading.
   Choose the appropriate requirements below (3):

   1. AWithin
   2. BBetween
   3. CScale
   4. DOrdinal
   5. ENominal
   6. FParametric
   7. GNon-Parametric
8. 8To determine whether speed reading influences reading comprehension, a researcher obtains two reading comprehension scores (number of words read correctly) for each student in a group of high school students, once before and once after training in speed reading.
   Which of the following is the best test to use for this scenario?

   1. AIndependent T-Test
   2. BWilcoxon
   3. CPaired T-Test
   4. DPearson
9. 9An educational psychologist wishes to determine whether chance can reasonably account for the fact that 40 of the top 100 students come from the northern district (rather than the eastern, southern or western districts) of a large metropolitan school catchment area.
   Choose the appropriate requirements below (3):

   1. AWithin
   2. BBetween
   3. CScale
   4. DNominal
   5. EOrdinal
   6. FParametric
   7. GNon-Parametric
10. 10An educational psychologist wishes to determine whether chance can reasonably account for the fact that 40 of the top 100 students come from the northern district (rather than the eastern, southern or western districts) of a large metropolitan school catchment area.
    Which of the following is the best test to use for this scenario?
    

    1. APaired T-Test
    2. BWilcoxon
    3. CMann-Whitney U
    4. DChi-Squared

11. 11Students on the first year of a degree programme were asked to use a 1-7 scale to rate the “user friendliness” of a new VLE, following random allocation into either an experimental (the new VLE) or control (the existing VLE) group.
    Choose the appropriate requirements below (3):

    1. AWithin
    2. BBetween
    3. COrdinal
    4. DScale
    5. ERatio
    6. FParametric
    7. GNon-Parametric
12. 12Students on the first year of a degree programme were asked to use a 1-7 scale to rate the “user friendliness” of a new VLE, following random allocation into either an experimental (the new VLE) or control (the existing VLE) group.
    Which of the following is the best test to use for this scenario?
    

    1. AIndependent T-Test
    2. BPearson
    3. CPaired T-Test
    4. DMcNemar
13. 13A school psychologist compares the reading comprehension scores of migrant children who as a result of random assignment are enrolled in a either a special bilingual reading program or traditional reading program. At the end of the programme, the children are tested, the results being based on the percentage of words correctly read.
    Choose the appropriate requirements below (3):

    1. ABetween
    2. BWithin
    3. CScale
    4. DOrdinal
    5. ENominal
    6. FParametric
    7. GNon Parametric
14. 14A school psychologist compares the reading comprehension scores of migrant children who as a result of random assignment are enrolled in a either a special bilingual reading program or traditional reading program. At the end of the programme, the children are tested, the results being based on the percentage of words correctly read.
    Which of the following is the best test to use for this scenario?
    

    1. AChi-Square
    2. BMcNemar
    3. CWilcoxon
    4. DMann-Whitney U
15. 15A researcher was interested in whether psychology students differed from non-students in their views regarding recent licensing laws which extended the hours of opening. Data was collected via a questionnaire assessing attitudes on a 1-5 scale (1=Very bad idea to 5= Very good idea).
    Choose the appropriate requirements below (3):

    1. ABetween
    2. BWithin
    3. COrdinal
    4. DScale
    5. ENominal
    6. FParametric
    7. GNon-Parametric
16. 16A researcher was interested in whether psychology students differed from non-students in their views regarding recent licensing laws which extended the hours of opening. Data was collected via a questionnaire assessing attitudes on a 1-5 scale (1=Very bad idea to 5= Very good idea).
    Which of the following is the best test to use for this scenario?
    

    1. AMann-Whitney U
    2. BIndependent T-Test
    3. CPearson
    4. DWilcoxon
17. 17In order to learn the effect of TV adverts on sales of its smartphones, a phone manufacturer determines whether there is any relationship between the continual increase in the advertising budget and the number of smartphones sold.
    Choose the appropriate requirements below (3):

    1. ABetween
    2. BWithin
    3. CScale
    4. DOrdinal
    5. ENominal
    6. FParametric
    7. GNon-Parametric
18. 18In order to learn the effect of TV adverts on sales of its smartphones, a phone manufacturer determines whether there is any relationship between the continual increase in the advertising budget and the number of smartphones sold.
    Which of the following is the best test to use for this scenario?
    

    1. APearson Correlation
    2. BSpearman
    3. CMann-Whitney U
19. 19The same manufacturer then conducts an additional study to determine any relationship between the aforementioned advertising budget and the public perception of the smartphones among those who had seen the ads (as collected via a questionnaire assessing views on a 1-5 scale (1=Total rubbish to 5= Awesome)
    Choose the appropriate requirements below (3):

    1. ABetween
    2. BWithin
    3. COrdinal
    4. DScale
    5. ENominal
    6. FParametric
    7. GNon-Parametric
20. 20The same manufacturer then conducts an additional study to determine any relationship between the aforementioned advertising budget and the public perception of the smartphones among those who had seen the ads (as collected via a questionnaire assessing views on a 1-5 scale (1=Total rubbish to 5= Awesome)

    1. ASpearman
    2. BPearson
    3. CMann Whitney U
    4. DIndependent T-Test

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